Eddie Plank
Edward Stewart Plank
Born: August 31, 1875
Gettysburg, PA USA
Deceased: 1926
Gettysburg, PA USA
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 175
College: Gettysburg College
Career: 1901-1917
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Minor League Statistics
Eddie Plank compiled a career record of 326 wins and 194 losses in his 629-game career with the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Terriers and St. Louis Browns. He began playing during the 1901 season and last took the field during the 1917 campaign. Plank was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
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Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1901 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 17 | 13 | .567 | 3.31 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 260.7 | 254 | 133 | 96 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1081 |
1902 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 20 | 15 | .571 | 3.30 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 300.0 | 319 | 140 | 110 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 107 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1248 |
1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 23 | 16 | .590 | 2.38 | 43 | 40 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 336.0 | 317 | 128 | 89 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 176 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 1363 |
1904 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 17 | .605 | 2.17 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 357.3 | 311 | 111 | 86 | 2 | 86 | 0 | 201 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1427 |
1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 24 | 12 | .667 | 2.26 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 346.7 | 287 | 113 | 87 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 210 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1362 |
1906 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 19 | 6 | .760 | 2.25 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 211.7 | 173 | 70 | 53 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 108 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 831 |
1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 24 | 16 | .600 | 2.20 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 343.7 | 282 | 115 | 84 | 5 | 85 | 0 | 183 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1349 |
1908 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 14 | 16 | .467 | 2.17 | 34 | 28 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 244.7 | 202 | 71 | 59 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 135 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 956 |
1909 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 19 | 10 | .655 | 1.76 | 34 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 265.3 | 215 | 74 | 52 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 132 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1028 |
1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.01 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 250.3 | 218 | 89 | 56 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 123 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 982 |
1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 23 | 8 | .742 | 2.10 | 40 | 30 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 256.7 | 237 | 85 | 60 | 2 | 77 | 0 | 149 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1048 |
1912 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 6 | .813 | 2.22 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 259.7 | 234 | 90 | 64 | 1 | 83 | 0 | 110 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1073 |
1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 18 | 10 | .643 | 2.60 | 41 | 30 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 242.7 | 211 | 84 | 70 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 151 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 984 |
1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.87 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 185.3 | 178 | 68 | 59 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 110 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 739 |
1915 | FL | St. Louis Terriers | 21 | 11 | .656 | 2.08 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 268.3 | 212 | 75 | 62 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 147 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1044 |
1916 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 16 | 15 | .516 | 2.33 | 37 | 26 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 235.7 | 203 | 78 | 61 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 950 |
1917 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 5 | 6 | .455 | 1.79 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 131.0 | 105 | 39 | 26 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 520 |
Totals | 326 | 194 | .627 | 2.35 | 623 | 529 | 74 | 410 | 69 | 23 | 4495.7 | 3958 | 1563 | 1174 | 42 | 1072 | 0 | 2246 | 191 | 6 | 87 | 17985 |
Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1901 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 33 | 111 | 99 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .182 | .257 | .182 | .439 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1902 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 128 | 120 | 15 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .292 | .315 | .358 | .673 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 45 | 138 | 134 | 18 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .187 | .199 | .261 | .460 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1904 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 46 | 141 | 129 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .240 | .274 | .271 | .545 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 136 | 126 | 12 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .230 | .276 | .254 | .530 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1906 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 26 | 82 | 73 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .233 | .273 | .260 | .533 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 43 | 138 | 123 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .211 | .254 | .260 | .514 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
1908 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 36 | 92 | 89 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .180 | .198 | .225 | .423 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1909 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 35 | 102 | 96 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .219 | .250 | .271 | .521 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 38 | 94 | 86 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .128 | .185 | .151 | .336 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 40 | 105 | 94 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .191 | .232 | .213 | .445 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1912 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 37 | 106 | 90 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .267 | .305 | .311 | .616 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 41 | 96 | 76 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .105 | .244 | .118 | .363 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 34 | 71 | 60 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .150 | .203 | .183 | .386 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
1915 | FL | St. Louis Terriers | 42 | 103 | 93 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .258 | .303 | .333 | .636 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1916 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 37 | 89 | 81 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .185 | .224 | .198 | .421 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
1917 | AL | St. Louis Browns | 20 | 46 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .105 | .190 | .132 | .322 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 630 | 1778 | 1607 | 130 | 331 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 71 | 230 | .206 | .250 | .245 | .495 | 393 | 0 | 24 | 76 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1901 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 33 | 0 | 261.0 | 6 | 63 | 5 | 2 | .932 | 2.379 | 2.091 |
1902 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 36 | 0 | 300.0 | 18 | 74 | 5 | 2 | .948 | 2.760 | 2.556 |
1903 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 43 | 0 | 336.0 | 23 | 85 | 4 | 1 | .964 | 2.893 | 2.512 |
1904 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 44 | 43 | 357.0 | 22 | 103 | 3 | 4 | .977 | 3.151 | 2.841 |
1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 41 | 41 | 347.0 | 24 | 82 | 6 | 0 | .946 | 2.749 | 2.585 |
1906 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 26 | 25 | 212.0 | 16 | 46 | 2 | 2 | .969 | 2.632 | 2.385 |
1907 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 43 | 40 | 344.0 | 33 | 88 | 2 | 4 | .984 | 3.166 | 2.814 |
1908 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 34 | 28 | 245.0 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 2.278 | 1.824 |
1909 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 34 | 33 | 265.0 | 11 | 82 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 3.158 | 2.735 |
1910 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 38 | 32 | 250.0 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 2.628 | 1.921 |
1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 71 | 2 | 2 | .975 | 1.950 | |
1912 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 59 | 2 | 2 | .970 | 1.585 | |
1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | P | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 1.265 | |
1915 | FL | St. Louis Terriers | P | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 58 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 1.690 | |
1916 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 6 | .966 | 1.541 | |
1917 | AL | St. Louis Browns | P | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.900 | |
Totals | 623 | 242 | 2917.0 | 229 | 1108 | 40 | 37 | .971 | 4.125 | 2.146 |
Postseason - Pitching:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
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1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.86 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.95 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
Totals | 2 | 5 | .286 | 1.32 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 215 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 7 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1905 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.706 | 3.500 |
1911 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 2 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.862 | 1.000 |
1913 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 2 | 2 | 19.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.895 | 2.000 |
1914 | AL | Philadelphia Athletics | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Totals | 7 | 6 | 54.7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.305 | 2.000 |
Awards
1909 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P2
1912 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
1914 - AL Baseball Magazine All-Star P3
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